23) The Funeral March
Is this the most haunting, powerful sequence in all of Star Wars? As all the players of Andor’s season find themselves converging on Ferrix on the day of Maarva’s funeral, its people come together—throwing the Imperials for a loop—to bid farewell to the matriarch with a beautiful march through the streets, punctuated by the stirring music of a marching band. Strings and brass swell in a melancholy chorus, one that steels the crowd to march right to the shields of the Imperials’ hastily-mustered defensive line, a mournful tune that echoes through each of our characters swept up in the sea of the crowd. A community ready to face down its oppressor…
